Author: The Justin Pot Blog
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Facebook moderators miss key directives because the news feed is terrible
Many current social problems—not all, but many—can be traced back to our collective decision to prioritize #engagement in the systems we use to communicate with…
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There are tiny hippos living in your house (and other thoughts)
All these years later I still think about house hippos once a month or so. Confused? So was I, as a kid, seeing this PSA…
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Does the decline of local journalism explain declining trust in government?
Calling the government useless only works if you take for granted all the many ways public employees make modern life possible. Officials doing their jobs…
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Facebook throws pocket change at local news outlets, expects gratitude
Facebook killed local newspapers by sucking up all the revenue that used to pay for the person who’d sit in on council meetings and spell…
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Learn from this, Canada.
Canada’s the shining beacon on a hill now, the only Western power that believes in multiculturalism.
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On the shutdown: call out bullshit, then question your own.
As you know by now the US government’s been held hostage by right-wing extremists. These people thought Romney was going to win in a landslide,…
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Who Are You? Thoughts On Identity
Identity is a complex thing. People who know me know I’m from Canada, despite living in the USA now. People here, in Boulder, know me…
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Keep Your Stick On The Ice: 4 Hockey Idioms And What They Mean
Sports metaphors are all over the English language, especially in North America. Here in the USA, most everyone knows what means to strike out, for…
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I’m So Angry At The NHL That I’ll Watch Every Freaking Game
Hockey’s back! To most of you this sentence means nothing, but for this Canadian living in Colorado it means life is more worth living than…
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Resolutions are arbitrary. I hope they work.
This is supposed to be my year. All of December I’ve been thinking about how I’m going to hit the ground running in 2013, how…